Word: amalrik
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Rubenstein describes two Russias: one of violence and deceit and one of justice and humanity. Andrei Amalrik, dissident and author of "Involuntary Journey to Siberia" writes, "I don't think Americans can understand that censorship is ingrained in Soviet life. Do you know that you can go to prison for writing something about the 10th century that is considered unpatriotic and anti-state in the 20th century?" Joshua Rubenstein understands and he makes this clear...
DIED. Andrei Amalrik, 42, exiled Russian dissident and human rights advocate; of injuries received in a collision as he was driving to attend meetings in conjunction with the Helsinki conference in Madrid; near Guadalajara, Spain. A historian and author of the 1970 book Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?, in which he predicted the downfall of the Kremlin regime, Amalrik was twice exiled to Siberia before being pressured in 1976 to emigrate to the West, where he has lived in The Netherlands, the U.S. and France. When he was sentenced in 1970 to three years in prison, he wrote...